Thomas Wolsey

Thomas Wolsey (March 1473-29 November 1530) was Lord Chancellor of England from 1515 to 1529, succeeding William Warham and preceding Thomas More, also serving as Archbishop of York.

Biography
Thomas Wolsey was born in March 1473 in Ipswich, England, and he became an ordained Catholic priest in 1498. On 15 September 1514, he was consecrated as Archbishop of York, and he became a cardinal and Lord Chancellor in 1515. Wolsey was a very powerful courtier under King Henry VIII of England, and he was sent to convince Pope Clement VII to annul Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Wolsey failed in these efforts, and he was sentenced to death on his return to England. He died of natural causes while en route to London.